The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-16
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y To cure the sout, milk diet was tho ID.
yorite cure d century ago. Il y Z, =, \ K ~
The iThessalonians put To death any ri,c.
who injured storks, claiming that these birds
cleared the country from serpcnss. A
Tho ancestors lof N onsignors Capel were
nearly nil Catholics at orc time, tttt his
grandmother, a strict Presbyterian, managed
/ 70 bring them all over 70 the Protestant.
church. 4, /. 4 sesj,
y In tho days Of Romalas a handful OF hay
was used In his ranks instead Of n flag, and
his military ensign, who commanded a, NUM-
ber OF soldiers, was called a y"band, or an.
Client bearer. N tx N 4 M &, 4
IS Solomon, Il Is claimed, knew the use Of
the compass. and his subjects stecrcd their
course by Il In sailing to tho land Of Ophir.
Tho use Of II was lost fol. centuries, along
With the art Of dycing purple.
3 To prevent the influence Of witches one Of
Vaccinations was not to 20 out OF tho house
In tho morning without breaking the fast
eating piece Of bread or cake sutilccd.
Every agc, condition and family iias It's
peculiar evils. Cares and sorrows intcr-
iningic with Our possessions and gratltca.
tons, Az Pliny remarks, tWhile we crop
roseb,,ds to crown our heads we prick our
fingers. 2; 2 q y, H
a In The PHILIPPINE Islands ccrtain proper.
ton Of n prospective wifc's dover Is iMid
after she gives the swnin permission to con-
verso with her, n larger sum Is paid over
when no sits at table with her and the ball
ancc Is handed over on tho marriage day,
a General Wolfe, tho hero Of Quebec, did
not die by the ordinary chances Of wnr, but
WIS shot by ono Of his own men. Ono Of
his sergcants, who. was punished for 4 mis-
demcanor, deserted to the enemy, and, being,
placed opposite the line where Wolfe was, 4
shot at Ills old commander with rifle and
killed him. Is 4, !iil..g5ssi
The title Of admiral originated will, tho
Saracens, the chief naval commander being
called admirante. Philip tho Hardy, Of
France, created tho first French admiral In
1884, md William dc I.eybournc was the
first English admiral, the Office being created
Mt an assembly at Brugcs In 1907, during the
reign Of Edward !. 81 i55 Z 5tSii n
Amadeus, Duke Of Savoy. became n her
NIT In the fifteenth century, but lived on the
most luxurious food. He was "bcanfcCf like
n parl," and for political motives the Col
lcge Of Cardinals chose him for Pore, but hts
beard caused him so much rilcule that lie
gave up the triple crown and returned to the
life Of hermit ut lsipailles.
James Sandy, the inventor Of snuEboxes,
u native of Alyth, Perthshire, Eng, was
unable TO use his legs, md Ind n circular
bed made with u raiscd platform. He was n
s:killfu! mechanic and made many useful
inventions, among them some Of the lathcs
ut present in use. He kept to his bed for
fifty years, and married three weeks before
his death. :. 90: 5GS'i : Z, 4 IN II
A hundred years ago, in Yorkshire, Eng,
there was n custom called burning tho
witch" When the last corn WIS gathered
the reapers had a merrymaking,l which con-
sisted OF an extra allowance of drink and
the burning Of peas in the straw. Selling
the burned straw, they blncketl each others
faces, the lads going for the lasScs and the
lasscs for the lads.
Holding important public positions is
nothing new for women, for in 1892 Mar
garct, Countess Of Richmond, mother to
King Henry VII Of England, was justice
Of the peace, and sister justice, Mrs. Rouse,
sat at the sussex Assizes among the gentle
men justices, girded with II sword. In the |
same. years Anne, Countess of Pembroke,
was sheriff Of Westmoreland. larf
Emma, the wife of Sir William Hamilton
and the friend Of the celebrated Lord Mel
son OF Trafalgar tame, was the handsomcst
woman Of her day. In early life she per
formed the part Of the Goddess of Health"
for n DR.. Graham, London quack, and cx-
hibited Us u model in n system known rs
"earth bathing" immersed naked in dirt up
to her chin, while her hair was dressed III
the highest fashion Of the times.
England originally obtained her m,skcts
from Holland, but nearly century ago King
William spoke in bitter. terms Of the fact,
whereupon Sir Richard Ncwdigste, of Bir-
mingham, assured the King that one Of his
m could
caused n revolution in g,lnmnking and ma.le
ample fortunes to those who started the in
dustry. The muskcts were stamped with
the word London" MS it was then better
passport, than had they been labeled Ms made
i'll Birmingham. $3.50